The Greatest Miracle by David Jeremiah

Thursday, March 15 The Greatest Miracle    And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty and your faith is also empty. 1 Corinthians 15:14    A Latin phrase has survived for two millennia: sine qua non. Like many Latin words and phrases, it is rarely translated into English. Instead, it is used in its Latin form. A literal translation explains why: “[that] without which not.” To paraphrase, sine qua non means “something indispensable or essential,” as in anatomy is a sine qua non for a career in medicine.

Recommended Reading: Romans 8:11

The Christian faith has its own sine qua non—its own indispensable or essential element: The Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. To paraphrase the words of the apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians 15:14, 17, without the miracles of the Resurrection of Christ, faith and the Christian life are futile. We are still in our sins. Those who say it really doesn’t matter if Christ rose from the dead have it all wrong. Everything depends on the Resurrection! Christ’s being raised from the dead was God’s seal on the work Christ accomplished on the cross—the work of propitiation, forgiveness, and reconciliation—the greatest miracle of all. Good news! The same power and Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead will also transform us from death to life (Romans 8:11). Christianity is essentially a religion of resurrection.  James S. Stewart